Research Article
Determinant Factors of Leptospirosis in Indonesia: Flood Prone Area Setting in Wajo District
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.26-10-2018.2288705, author={Syamsuar Syamsuar and Anwar Daud and Ida Leida Maria and Muh Hatta and Anwar Mallongi}, title={Determinant Factors of Leptospirosis in Indonesia: Flood Prone Area Setting in Wajo District}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Risks and Public Health, ICER-PH 2018, 26-27, October 2018, Makassar, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICER-PH}, year={2019}, month={11}, keywords={leptospirosis flood prone}, doi={10.4108/eai.26-10-2018.2288705} }- Syamsuar Syamsuar
Anwar Daud
Ida Leida Maria
Muh Hatta
Anwar Mallongi
Year: 2019
Determinant Factors of Leptospirosis in Indonesia: Flood Prone Area Setting in Wajo District
ICER-PH
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.26-10-2018.2288705
Abstract
The incidence of leptospirosis is caused by Leptospira bacteria. No data on the results of examination and research on risk factors of leptospirosis occurrences in the area. The study aims to determine the magnitude and risk factors of leptospirosis existed in flood-prone areas at Wajo District. The research type was analytical with cross-sectional and analysed by chi-square and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The sample was 273 people selected through proportional random sampling and examination of serum sample by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The research found Leptospirosis incidence was 130 people (47.6%). Socio-demographic societal conditions referred to occupation and rat urine patches associated significantly with leptospirosis (p=<0.05). PCA test that showed the distribution of risk factors based on clusters on F1, F2 and F3 discovered that the observational axes F1 and F2 was 63.36% and F1 and F3 was 55.93%. This research suggested Wajo Health Department to increase socialization of prevention and diagnosis to societies with Leptospirosis symptom/suspect and those in a flood-prone area which specific to hygiene and sanitation events.
